Finance and Risk Management (Taught)

Financial risk management is crucial for businesses to thrive in a dynamic world economy. Knowing what the risks are and employing risk management can help businesses mitigate losses.

Our MSc Finance and Risk Management course will teach you to analyse and manage financial risk. You’ll gain a broad knowledge of finance and how to analyse financial data. Your expertise will be in high demand by organisations threatened by risk.

Practical experience in financial risk

• Develop practical investment skills and understand portfolio management.

• Our award-winning global financial trading bootcamp with AmplifyMe lets you trade in real-time.

• Develop practical skills in investment portfolio management through the Student Managed Investment Fund.

• Access professional financial databases including Bloomberg and Capital IQ.

• Learn about international financial markets using real-time data.

Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP) and AACSB accredited
The MSc Finance and Risk Management is a Financial Risk Manager partner of GARP. It covers at least 70% of GARP’s requirements for the FRM Part I examination or FRM Part II examination.
The accreditation offers you insight into the latest professional practice in risk management and will give you a competitive advantage in your career.
The University of Stirling is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB). AACSB International is the world's largest global standard-setting body for business education. Only 6% of the world’s leading business schools achieve this accreditation. This recognises our excellence in business education and societal impact.

Build your network
Network at guest lectures with experts from the finance industry. Previous guest lectures have included:

• Aberdeen Asset Management

• UBS

• Lego

• CFA Society

• Walter Scott Global Investment Management

• SVM Asset Management

• Electronic Research Interchange

The Masters is awarded on satisfactory completion of a dissertation, following the Diploma examinations. Dissertation topics range over all areas of relevance to financial risk management.

Professionally accredited courses provide industry-wide recognition of the quality of your qualification.

• AACSB International
• Global Association of Risk Professionals